Not slept in... 27 hours, so this will be a poor comment, but it felt irrationally discourteous to fav this and not leave some other token of my appreciation, so...

Great work, really. It's a clever link, and meaningful. I think it's something the vast majority of people can relate to. I'm fortunate enough not only to remember, but to still be in quite regular contact with my roots (well, most of them, though the absences are particularly noticeable), but even so. Trees get taller, heads get lost in the canopy - it's unquestionably... different. No point cutting yourself down over it, though.

Aaaand there I'll stop, before I take any more liberties with your pretty metaphor haha.